Rodrigo Yeowtch isn’t here to play it safe. For his very first SEUCK Compo entry, he’s tossed a haunted school into the mix — along with flying textbooks, raging spirits, and one remarkably brave student named Toshiba. Welcome to Poltergeist Hellschool, a vertical push-scroller that’s as absurd as it is entertaining.
Set in a haunted Japanese high school sometime in the ambiguous 198X era, the game opens with Sharp High School plunged into chaos. The cause? A poltergeist so powerful it turned the student body into book-flinging lunatics. We’re talking a full-blown paper-and-ink battleground — and it’s not just the homework flying.
You take control of Toshiba, a lone schoolboy somehow unshaken by the chaos around him. His mission? Break the curse, save the girls, and give some spectral butt-kicking with his only weapon: a textbook. Think Ghostbusters meets detention hall.
The game was created using the classic Shoot Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) by Sensisoft. It’s a no-frills release — no special enhancements, just pure homebrew mayhem, carried by solid design and a fun concept. Music for the game is handled by Richard of The New Dimension, giving the experience some extra flair as Toshiba fights his way through ghosts, demons, and — perhaps most terrifying — the school janitor, who won’t budge without claiming a life first.
The instructions are straight out of a 1980s anime fever dream. Rescue possessed classmates. Dodge evil spirits. Fight off the supernatural with high school stationery. Oh, and apparently, sacrificial acts are just another day at school.
